Event listing: American Symphony Orchestra’s Quartet | Morris Museum: Bickford Theatre | Event is in the past

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Morris Museum: Bickford Theatre6 Normandy Road, Morristown, New Jersey, 07960, United States

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Programme

Hailstork, Adolphus (b. 1941)	Three Spirituals for Orchestra (I. We Shall Overcome)
Montgomery, Jessie (b. 1981)	Voodoo Dolls
Price, Florence (1887-1953)	Negro Folksongs in Counterpoint: Calvary
Price, Florence (1887-1953)	Negro Folksongs in Counterpoint: Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
Price, Florence (1887-1953)	Negro Folksongs in Counterpoint: Shortnin’ Bread
Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor (1932-2004)	String Quartet no. 1 "Calvary" (Allegro, Rondo: Allegro vivace)
Weston, Trevor (b. 1967)	Juba
Still, William Grant (1895-1978)	Lyric Quartette

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American Symphony Orchestra’s Quartet

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Seven decades of African American composition in a New Jersey carpark

Kurt Gottschalk, 19th October

The Americanism in the compositions on the program was culled from American hymns, gospel and pre-jazz social music, with a highlight being the recently rediscovered work of Florence Price.

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